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TIL Volcano Surfing or Volcano Boarding, is a sport performed on volcano slopes. Potential dangers include falling off and getting cut by the rough volcanic ash, breathing poisonous gasses, contracting histoplasmosis (otherwise known as 'caver's disease'), or being hit by flying molten lava

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oRmoL TIL Enigma's 1994 global megahit "Return To Innocence", plagiarized the polyphonic Amis language vocals of Difang and Igay Duana, indigenous people of Taiwan. They sued and Enigma settled for an undisclosed amount, acknowledging their writing and performing, and paying royalties going forward.
p81pp TIL Betty White was originally set to play Blanche and Rue McClanahan was set to play Rose. However, with neither actress wanting to be typecast, Golden Girls producers allowed them to switch parts.
78m7Z TIL there's a noodle factory in Indonesia that still uses a bull to mill its flour and make the dough
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woOyJ TIL: Scientists discovered that the venom of the Latrodectus mactans variety of black widow spiders killed children and the elderly, but among young men it caused prolonged erections and involuntary ejaculations. Researchers have been studying the venom for use in male virility pills.